LatAm currencies and equities may fare poorly this year

We think that most major currencies in Latin American will fall against the US dollar this year. As a result, the relatively poor returns that we expect from equities in the region in local-currency terms are likely to be even worse in US dollar terms.

In view of the wider interest, we are also sending this FX Markets Update to clients of our Asset Allocation and Latin America Economics services.

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